The joists are about 2 ft higher but there is too much in the way to get to the joists, water pipes, furnace ducts, would take more work than needs to be and I am fine with the ceiling height where the drop ceiling used to be.Originally posted by @Theresa Harris:Is there no framing about the drop ceiling? 

@Benjamin Klos I buy the water and gas line insurance also.

Hopefully it would take off and pay for itself, but it's hard to take that big of a plunge without being able to "test the waters" first.

A property I am interested in purchasing had some extensive repairs - water leak from roof resulted in wood rot.  

https://smartasset.com/data-st...Interesting that most of these cities are in close proximity to water and/or a coast of some sort.https://smartasset.com/data-st...

How about water?

I tried calling the Water Company to see if they can provide a list of addresses with the water shut off and nope!

Currently, the owner pays for hot water and heating.

By unfinished I'm talking about no running water, no range oven in kitchen, and some wiring in the newly renovated bathroom.

.- Tenant agrees to keep the property at a reasonable temperature, leave water connected and leave refrigerator on / cooling.- Tenant pays 1 months rent as a releasing fee.